
Acting
Feb 22, 1984
Seiko Iwaido
Acting
Biography
Seiko Iwaido (岩井堂聖子, Iwaido Seikō, born February 23, 1984) is a Japanese actress, she was formerly known by the stage name Mai Takahashi (高橋 真唯), Iwaido made her acting debut in 2004, playing the role of Amano Sora in TV Asahi's Sky High 2. In 2005, she made her film debut as Fumie Hayashida in Simsons. Since her debut Takahashi has worked with many prominent directors; playing Kawahime, the River Princess, in Takashi Miike's horror-fantasy children's film Yokai Daisenso (released in the U.S. in 2006 as The Great Yokai War.) She also appeared in Sion Sono's 2005 film Kimyo na Sakasu (Strange Circus), Yoshihiro Nakamura's Busu (The Booth, 2005), and in Hitoshi Yazaki's 2006 film Strawberry Shortcakes. In 2008, she appeared in the live action film Pyū to Fuku! Jaguar. She has also voiced the characters Yuri Kishida, Kanae and Ryuuko Tagawa in the 2006 video game Siren 2, and played 'The girl in red' in the movie adaptation of the game Siren in the same year. Along with her acting career Mai Takahashi has also appeared in magazines, and has also released two photobooks.
Feature Films (25)

The erotic novelist Taeko is writing a morbid story of a family destroyed by incest, murder and abuse. Her assistant, Yuji, sets on a mission to uncover the reality of this story, but the reality might be too much to bear.
Strange Circus

A young boy with a troubled home life becomes "chosen," and he stumbles into the middle of a great war of yōkai (a class of mythological creatures), where he meets a group of friendly yōkai who become his companions through his journey. Now he must fight to protect his friends and free the world of the yōkai from oppression.
The Great Yokai War

Four Japanese girls, 3 totally inept at the sport, come together to form a curling team in Northern Japan. The town is famous for scallops and curling, and peoples' status in this little fishing village is based on their curling abilities. The girls do little, until a seemingly inept coach teaches them about the game, and about themselves. In the end, they pull it all together to become an adequate team. In the process, they discover the true meaning of friendship, effort, shame and puppy love.
Simsons

In a Japanese military hospital, a mysterious pandemic strikes and quickly kills seemingly at random. A group of unconnected individuals must come to terms with their own impending deaths, and the fragile absurdity of life.
Isn't Anyone Alive?

A diver on the university team must decide which of her two childhood friends she loves, and they're both on the swim team. High school diver Ami and swimmer Keisuke don't exactly get along. Their parents run rival sweets shops and Ami is long-time friends, and maybe more, with Keisuke's freestyle rival Hiroki. Over time, however, hostile words give way to hesitant attraction, leaving Ami torn between Keisuke and Hiroki. With the national championship coming up, the young swimmers are competing for more than the title, but also their hearts.
Rough

The movie is centered around five friends as they end up spending the summer of 1962 shackled up together in a tiny studio apartment in Tokyo. The five friends are Eisuke - the manga artist, Shoichi - the singer, Ryuzo - the novelist, Kei - the painter and Yuji – the 5th wheel (?). The friends spend the summer in pursuit of their own ideals of personal freedom - being able to do what they want. In the process of pursuing their dream they learn firsthand that however ideal it may seem, its not as easy as they think.
Yellow Tears

Ellie and Mako, two delivery sisters, solve various problems from customers! Mako, a newcomer, is bewildered, troubled, and hits a wall as a delivery sister for the first time, but with the help of Ellie, her senior, she gradually grows up.
Delivery Lady

Follows the ups and downs of four female friends in Tokyo looking for love and trying to cope with the responsibilities in their lives.
Strawberry Shortcakes

A bunch of happy students enjoying themselves at a Christmas party until a sadistic Santa Claus comes and interrupts the festivities. Spruce Green becomes blood red when the plot is different from the naughty children they please.
Kazuo Umezu's Horror Theater: Present

A rock band writes a song called "Fish Story" that is foretold to save the world. The song exceeds the boundaries of space and time and ties people and their stories together.
Fish Story

Shogo, the arrogant and condescending star of a popular call-in radio-show must temporarily broadcast out of Studio 6, a creepy and dilapidated booth abandoned since its last DJ committed suicide several years ago. Suddenly, Shogo begins receiving disturbing calls, the voice on the line whispers "Liar" over and over. Is the joke on him, has someone discovered the truth about his sinister past, or has the curse of Studio 6 been unleashed again? In this Booth, all sins will be atoned for.
The Booth
Television & Series (19)

Part-time employee Nomiya Hana is ordered by her boss to play golf with some clients. While playing, she is spotted by legendary coach Daigo Kazuma and with his encouragement, she attempts a career in professional golf. Also motivating Hana is her family's large debt due to her father and she hopes that her new found carrer is the avenue to get her family back on their feet. However, she will have to go up against wealthy and talented golfer Takase Ryoko to achieve her goals ...
Pro Golfer Hana

Kurosaki is a vigilante who scams criminals to rectify their misdeeds, driven by his father's attempted suicide after being deceived by criminal mastermind Toshio Katsuragi, who cost Kurosaki his family.
The Black Swindler

The story centers around three sisters living together, though they have very different personalities, leading them to believe they have different mothers. One day, they each receive a letter from their dead father, with each indicating the title of an erotic novel. Believing that the letters are hints about their mothers, they begin reading the books, and before they know it, they start imagining themselves as the novels' heroines.










